For Aperture’s summer issue, “Liberated Threads,” guest editor Tanisha C. Ford explores fashion’s ability to create possibilities for solidarity and selfhood across the African diaspora.

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Why Does the Italian Polymath Bruno Munari Still Spark Joy?
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Why Does the Italian Polymath Bruno Munari Still Spark Joy?

Jason Fulford speaks about the obsessions he shares with the beloved artist and designer.
A Shimmering Portrait of Contemporary Iran
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A Shimmering Portrait of Contemporary Iran

When Sara Abbaspour returned to Iran after working in the United States, she found a new way of photographing her home country.
How the War in Ukraine Altered Life for a Lost Generation
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How the War in Ukraine Altered Life for a Lost Generation

Rather than making documentary images of the war itself, Daria Svertilova focuses on her friends and acquaintances—and the emotions of resistance.
Life in Afghanistan after the Fall of Kabul
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Life in Afghanistan after the Fall of Kabul

Hashem Shakeri’s photographs show the texture of daily life in a place the rest of the world has seemingly forgotten.

“Aperture is a collaboration between people who believe that visual culture is central to understanding and developing society in a way that is mindful and generative.” —Hank Willis Thomas, artist

“Aperture is a collaboration between people who believe that visual culture is central to understanding and developing society in a way that is mindful and generative.” —Hank Willis Thomas, artist